Berkeley Divinity School 


MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT 


ENDOWMENT 
AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 


1912 


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GIFTS FOR ENDOWMENT AND 
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 


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The following pages contain a statement of the gifts which 
have been made to the Berkeley Divinity School since its 
foundation, either for the general purpose of providing it with 
suitable buildings and an endowment fund from which the 
cost of administration and instruction might be met, or for the. 
special purpose of assisting the students who should require 
personal aid while pursuing their studies. It will be seen that 
the School owes much to its friends of both earlier and later 
times, and their names should always be held in grateful 
remembrance. It will also be seen by the interested reader, 
that there has been little increase of the general endowment 
fund during recent years, although necessary expenses have 
greatly increased. We make, therefore, an earnest appeal 
for gifts, the income of which can be applied for such general 
but urgent purposes as the enlargement of the teaching force, 
the increase of salaries, the maintenance of valuable buildings, 
and the like. The Bishop Williams Memorial Fund should be 
increased at least to its originally intended limit of $75,000; 
and other funds should be strengthened or established. <A 
small beginning has been made; we trust it will lead to worthy 
results. 

Before recounting the gifts for endowment, grateful mention 
should be made of the kindness of friends who from time to 
time, including the last year, have contributed for the meeting 
of special needs and urgent charges, and for the reduction of 
the personal expenses of the students. There have always 
been men and women to whom the School could turn in times 
of special need for special help; and we are under most true 
obligation to recognize the readiness of their generosity, even 
if we may not mention their names or tell all that they have 
done. The enumeration of gifts which remain, and the in- 
come from which we use, does not in any way indicate that we 


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fail to recognize the value of offerings which have been so 
often made for immediate use. 


ENDOWMENT 


At the time of the foundation of the School in 1854, the 
sum of $43,500 was subscribed for its establishment and 
endowment by thirty-six persons, for the most part residents 
of Middletown, including several who were not Churchmen. 
The largest gifts were $20,000 from Edward S. Hall, son-in-law 
of the Rey. Dr. Samuel Farmar Jarvis, one half of which was 
appropriated for the purchase of Dr. Jarvis’s residence, origi- 
nally the Washington Tavern, and $10,000 from the Rev. 
William Jarvis. The Ladies’ Missionary Society gave $1,500; 
the Hon. Ebenezer Jackson, Samuel Russell, and Joseph W. 
Alsop, $1,000 each; Bishop Williams, Trinity College through 
the Rev. Dr. Coit, Mrs. Randolph, Rev. F. J. Goodwin, Thomas 
McDonough, Rev. Dr. Jacob L. Clark, Mrs. Hitchcock, and 
Mrs. Perkins—the last three of Waterbury—gave $500 each; 
Samuel F. Jarvis, son of Dr. Jarvis, $250, and Mr. Glover, $200; 
the remaining contributions were in sums of $100 and $50. 


In 1860, ‘‘by the benefaction of five friends,’ the Wing 
Building was erected as a dormitory for students, the cost 
being about $4,000. In the following year, the Chapel of St. 
Luke the Beloved Physician was consecrated, the stone being 
a gift from the Shaler & Hall Quarry Co., of Portland, while 
provision was made for the building by the munificence of 
Mrs. Mary W. (Alsop) Mutter, who made it a memorial to her 
husband, Thomas Dent Mutter,M.D. Mrs. Mutter maintained 
the Chapel during her life, and at her death in 1877 left to 
the School $10,000 as the Chapel Endowment Fund, $25,000 to 
found the Mutter Professorship in memory of her husband, 
and $3,000 as the Alsop Memorial Fund in memory of her 
parents, Joseph W. and Lucy Alsop, the interest to be used 
each year for the purchase of books for the Library, and as 
gifts to the members of the graduating class. 


In the year 1872, the Rev. Professor Henry A. Yardley, as 
agent for the Trustees, collected for the School subscriptions 
amounting to more than $39,000 for the endowment fund. 


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The largest amounts subscribed were: 


From Joseph H. Sheffield, of New Haven, - - $5,000 
James Goodwin, of Hartford, - - - 5,000 
William W. Boardman, of New Haven, - 5,000 
Henry E. Russell, of New Britain, - - 1,500 
Timothy P. Norton, of Norwich, - - - 1,000 
Gardiner Greene, of Norwich, - - - 1,000 
Mrs. Henrietta Perry, of Southport, - - 1,000 
Miss Grizzel Bradley, - - - - - 1,000 
Scovill M. Buckingham, of Waterbury, - 1,000 
Mrs. John P. Elton, of Waterbury, - - 1,000 
James E. English, of New Haven, - See eee) 


Joseph E. Sheffield, of New Haven, who had made generous 
and continual gifts to the School during his life, at his death 
in 1882 bequeathed for its general funds the sum of $100,000. 


(It is but seemly that more full mention should be made 
of Mr. Sheffield’s earlier benefaction, applied for current 
expenses at a time when the regular income of the School 
was insufficient for its needs. In the years 1872-74 he pre- 
sented to the School 650 shares of the stock of the New Haven 
and Northampton Company. The company soon ceasing to 
pay dividends, Mr. Sheffield, during the remaining years of 
his life, made a donation of the interest on $65,000, for seven 
years at the rate of 6 per cent. and for one year at a larger 
rate.) 


In 1907, in accordance with the will of Charles F. Coit, 
carrying out the wishes of his father, the Rev. Dr. Thomas W. 
Coit, Professor from 1854 to 1886, the School received the 
sum of nearly $42,000 to be applied for the foundation ofa 
Professorship which should bear Dr. Coit’s name. In the 
twenty years which preceded the final settlement of Mr. Coit’s 
estate, the School had received a part of its income. 


In the year 1892, a gift of $30,000 was received from a donor 
whose name was not disclosed, to found a Professorship in 
honor of the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Williams, founder and (from 
1854 to 1899) first Dean of the School. 


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The Rev. Dr. George W. Nichols, of Norwalk, in 1889, made 
a gift of $5,000 for the partial endowment of the Professorship 
of Homiletics. 


By the provisions of the will of Miss Margaret Belden, of 
Norwalk, who died in 1873, after the payment of certain 
specific legacies, two-thirds of the residue of the estate was 
left to the School, to be ‘‘a part of the permanent fund of the 
corporation,’’ the interest to be annually applied ‘‘for the 
uses and purposes of said corporation.’? The amount finally 
received from this bequest in 1878 was nearly $14,000. 


Mrs. Henrietta Perry, of Southport, who had been a benefactor 
of the School in her lifetime, at her death in 1891 bequeathed 
the sum of $12,000 to be a part of its permanent fund. 


In 1894 the Endowment Fund was increased by a legacy of 
$5,000 from Henry E. Russell, of New Britain, and a legacy of 
$10,000 from Andrew l. Kidston; of New Haven. 


After the erection of the Library Building in 1896, for which 
provision was made by the gifts of many friends of the School, 
the Alumni contributed a fund for its maintenance and 
increase, amounting to a little over $10,000, 


Bishop Williams, at his death in 1899, left to the School by 
his will nearly the whole of his estate, amounting to about 
$27,000, which was added to the general endowment fund. 


After the death of Bishop Williams, the Rev. Cornelius G. 
Bristol, of the class of 1889, was appointed special agent of 
the Trustees to obtain subscriptions for a fund to be called the 
Bishop Williams Memorial Fund. He secured for this purpose 
some $39,000 in a great number of subscriptions from the 
Bishop’s friends, the largest gifts being: 


From Mrs. Elizabeth H. Colt, of Hartford, - - $5,000 
Mrs. Ellen T. Auchmuty, of New York, - 5,000 
J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, - - 5,000 
Rev. Francis Goodwin, of Hartford, - - 4,000 
James J. Goodwin, of Hartford, - - - 1,000 


Mrs. M. W. White, - - - - - 1,000 


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Three legacies received at the same time were added: 


From the Estate of Owen B. Arnold, of Meriden, - $3,000 
Estate of Miss Irene J. Church, of Lakeville, 2,000 
Estate of Rev. George Hewson Wilson, of 

the class of 1896, - - - - - 1,000 


The whole amount of the fund is therefore about $45,000. 


Mrs. Mary Fitch Page, of Norwich, at her death in 1905, 
bequeathed to the School $4,000 for the foundation of the 
Lectureship bearing her name, of which mention is made on 
another page. 


Other special gifts by legacy, for the increase of the general 
funds of the School, include: 


$1,000 from Edwin E. Curtis, of Meriden, in 1885; 

$500 from the Rev. William E. Vibbert, of Fair 
Haven, in 1896; 

$500 from Charles Miles, of New York, in 1897; 

$3,000 from Dr. George B. Boughton, of Westport, in 
1905. 


In 1900, the Rev. Samuel Fermor Jarvis, D. D., of Brooklyn, 
Conn., a graduate of the School in 1854, and its constant 
friend and benefactor, with the gift of a paten and chalice 
presented to his distinguished father by English Churchmen 
in Siena, Italy, established a fund in memory of his father, the 
interest to be applied in connection with the use of these 
vessels on a Sunday near the anniversary of the elder Dr. 
Jarvis’s death. 


SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 


In 1873, $1,000 was received as a bequest from Mrs. Sarah H. 
Hitchcock, of Waterbury, to found a Scholarship bearing the 
name of the Rev. James Scovill (1733-1808), Rector at Water- 


bury 1759-1785. 
In 1876, $500 was received as a bequest from Mrs. Susan 


Bronson, of Watertown, the interest to be applied for scholar- 
ship purposes. 


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In 1880, $1,000 was received as a bequest from Mrs. Elizabeth 
Mansfield Clark, of Ansonia, to found a Scholarship in memory 
and bearing the name of her revered ancestor, the Rev. 
Richard Mansfield, D. D. (1724-1820), Rector at Derby for 72 
years 1748-1820. 


In 1889, by the will of the Rev. William Henry Williams, 
formerly of Connecticut, but later of Padgate in England, the 
sum of £100 sterling was received, to found the Williams of 
Padgate English Scholarship. 


A fund of $13,000, presented by George A. Jarvis, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., was received in 1893, the interest to be applied for 
the benefit of three students in the School. 


In 1906, by a bequest from Mrs. Lucy Hall Boardman, widow 
of the Hon. William W. Boardman, LL. D., of New Haven, 
the School received $25,000 as an addition to its scholarship 
funds, the income to be used ‘‘in assisting worthy students for 
the Ministry, who may be unable to meet the expenses of 
their course.’’ 


In 1910, the Rev. William H. Vibbert, D. D., of New York,a 
graduate of the School in the class of 1862 and Professor of 
Hebrew from 1862 to 1873, by a gift of $3,000 founded the 
Charles Carroll Jackson Scholarship, in memory of a friend. 


In 1869, by a bequest of the Hon. Isaac Toucey, LL. D., of 
Hartford, the School received a piece of real estate, the income 
of which was to be applied for the aid of four students; this 
legacy is now represented by a fund of $4,250. Mr. Toucey 
also founded scholarships in Trinity College, ‘‘ the incumbents 
to be students in said College, obtaining an education with a 
view to the sacred Ministry and needing assistance’’; and he 
declared it to be his wish ‘‘that there be one beneficiary in 
each of the classes, so that there may go forth from said College 
a perpetual succession of well qualified young men to devote 
themselves to that sacred calling.’? And in an additional 
clause of his will, he made provision for another fund ‘‘to 
assist in carrying said beneficiaries through the Berkeley 
Divinity School, if they shall need and deserve such assistance 
in the opinion of the Faculty of said College.’’ 


